- Lot 490

[SPA - EPHEMERA] Lot of pamphlets, memoirs and various publications related to Spa, its waters, the business and its games, etc. 18th - early 19th c. Various formats, in ff. Some pieces in several copies. Some wetness, browning, otherwise generally good condition. 1/ ON THE "AFFAIR OF THE GAMES OF SPA", at the origin of the Liège Revolution of 1789: - PLACARD - Motives in cause Sr. Paul Redouté, impetus, against Mr. Robert, respondent. [Spa or Liège], s.n., 1786. The privilege given by the prince-bishop of Liège to the associates of the Redoute de Spa, a gambling house founded in 1762 and ancestor of the present casino, is at the heart of this commercial quarrel which became political. PLACARD - In the assembly of the burgomasters & council of Spa [...]. [Spa, 1790]. - Journal of what happened in Liege & in Spa [...]. [Tignée, Urban, 1787]. 2 issues, numbers VI (7 copies) and VII, the last ones of this pre-revolutionary sheet which attracted the wrath of the Liege authorities. - In the assembly of lords of the state-tiers of the country of Liege & county of Looz, held on March 27, 1787. [Liege], s.n., 1787. In 4 copies. - BODART - Recès protestatoire passé unanimment par les onze chambres représentant la généralité de la ville de Huy [...]. [Huy ?], s.n., 1787. In 10 copies. - GROUTARS, C. de - Recès protestataire itératif par messeigneurs de l'etat de la noblesse du pays de Liege & comté de Looz, &c. &c. [Liège], s.n., 20 June 1787. - In the assembly of the burgomasters and councillors of Spa held especially in the town hall, on August 25, 1789 [...]. [Spa], s.n., 1787. Printed on the day of the abolition of all communal taxes under pressure from the street. 2./ 3 REVOLUTIONARY PLACARDS IN SPA: - Fraternity. Equality. Freedom. Death to tyrants. Spa, Badon, 7 brumaire year 3 [28-10-1794] and Verviers, Oger-Leroux, 15 nivôse year 3 [3/4-01-1794]. 2 plates. Vignettes with the phrygian bonnet at the head. - JEHIN, abbé - Messeigneurs [...]. [Herve or Spa, 1790]. Rebellious monk, brilliant pamphleteer, Thomas Joseph Jehin was one of the most original figures of the Revolution in the Franchimont region. 3./- SPA AND THE WATERS IN THE XIXth CENTURY : 10 brochures, notices, placards related to thermalism, judicial cases, lists of foreigners, etc. ATTACHED: - 8 views of Spa, engraved and lithographed. Mottling, average condition. - 5 photographic views including 1 on albumen paper (establishment of the Baths). - 1 brochure : J. BRONCKAERT - Famous crimes. The killing of the Sauvenière in Spa. Verviers, Courrier du Soir, 1950.